arnaudvanrafelghem@gmail.com
+32 (486) 895 470
@arnaudvanrafelghem
'Each architect automatically creates a permanent exhibition. Each building is a sculpture.’ —Juliaan Lampens
I am Arnaud, an artist-architect, working at the intersection of art, craft, architecture and pedagogy. As a constantly observing person, I want to grasp and understand the world first and foremost, while always keeping my attention on the bigger picture.
My studies and work experiences determine my field of work; being a human being in relation to the built and its environment. From this, the question of what is meaningful always arises for me. With a need for meaning, I want to contribute strategically to change, whereby I use the following personal statement:
'everything has been done by now, only not the combination of everything.'
Within my multidisciplinary artistic practice, I always start from observation combined with rhizomatic thinking. This activating practice is a re-action and repeatedly asks the question which worldview we want to support, nourish and colour. If we for instance are talking about value and materials, then the only added value in my worldview is reuse.
Result is expressed through architectural narratives, techniques, pedagogical co-creation models, tangible forms, perpetuating ways of working. This continuous process is an action of archiving and reincarnation and can, in turn, be used again for and by its target audience.
I offer fundamental artistic research, based on experience, always linked to artefacts that arise as crystallisations of these ongoing processes. I constantly reincarnate my work through residencies. The artist's daily process is the installation. I make aesthetics in everything.
Time To Meet Your God
Time to get with god. He’s out there somewhere. And you’re face to face with god ...
Arnaud took the title from a song by Ariel Pink. And the lyrics of the song convey the message of his design. It is an invitation to encouter and confrontation.
With god - or whoever you interpret this concept - with another human being, or with yourself. If the two of you take a seat on this chair, you are practically sitting on each other’s lap. If you sit on it alone, it’s as if you’re looking at your reflection in the mirror. Don’t look away. Take the time to question yourself. Or to wonder who your god is.
A light and simple message, just like the object itself. Two chairs bound together by means of two bolts. The middle legs have been removed, and that gap tells us that everyone needs a god.
Text by Mieke Versyp
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